Brandon will retain the use of two company vehicles through the end of the year, will retain his health insurance through June 2015, and will also retain two Regents Emeritus seats to football, hockey and men’s basketball.

The move is sudden and to some, shocking, though fans and students have been clamoring for his removal after a disappointing start to the season and a series of gaffes that played out on and off the field.

John Bacon, who worked at the Ann Arbor News and the Detroit News and penned a book about Michigan football under former head coach Rich Rodriguez, stated succinctly his opinion of the origin of the emails.